# settle with

idiom

Source: https://englishreference.com/idiom/settle-with
Updated: 2026-08-10

## Meaning

To get revenge on (someone); to resolve a grudge with (someone).

## Examples

- He wants to settle with the person who lied to him.
- After years of feeling cheated, she finally confronted her old business partner to settle with him once and for all.
- The protagonist returned to his hometown, driven by a cold, calculated desire to settle with the man who had destroyed his family's reputation decades earlier.

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